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Imprinting on environmental stimuli in early development is a common ecological feature of vertebrate ontogeny. Among fishes and reptiles, most of which grow without maternal care, imprinting to the chemical stimuli present at the place of birth is not unusual (Hasler and Scholz, 1978; Grassman, 1993). For example, froglets of the pool frog Rana lessonae normally remain near their native pond even after they have undergone metamorphosis. This pattern of habitat selection is presumably based on the froglets’ preference for the odor of their native pond, which they learn during larval development (Bastakov, 1986, 1992). The goal of the present study was to determine whether or not natural and artificial chemical markers in pond water at different stages of larval development would be able to modify the discriminations of adult animals.
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Ogurtsov, S.V., Bastakov, V.A. (2001). Imprinting on Native Pond Odour in the Pool Frog, Rana Lessonae Cam. In: Marchlewska-Koj, A., Lepri, J.J., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0671-3_59
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